np_husker Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 From Lee Barfknecht's column (and I agree with him): Worst fashion statement: Nebraska fans who wore black to the UCLA game. Sportswriter and university friends from Oklahoma, Colorado and Missouri contacted me the following week and said watching a Nebraska home game on TV and not seeing the sea of red “was just wrong.” If you want to change the uniforms now and then to please the players, fine. Think really hard, though, about messing with your most visual national calling card. If the sea of red still gives pause to your old Big Eight brethren, you’d better believe it matters elsewhere, too. http://www.omaha.com/article/20131015/HUSKERS/131019064 2 Quote Link to comment
I am I Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 But it inspired the players to win the game! And 7 recruits verbally committed right after the game because it was so cool! 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Isn't b******* a censored word anymore? It should be. /edit: How did you get b******* to show up in the thread title? Are you a wizard? Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Holy crap! Now this? You should all be fashion critics, assuming most of you are men, and the majority of football fans are men, I've never heard grown men carry on so long about what others are wearing. I will state this for myself and I alone. I wore black to the game, I also bought a nice black Nebraska hat outside the stadium the day to go with it. If you were to tell me here, or approach me at a game and tell me you don't like my choice of color I wore I would directly and promptly tell you to go f#*k yourself and find something to devote your time to since you clearly have enough time to waste worrying about my attire. 4 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Maybe we shouldve done it for Homecoming instead of against a team that just had a team mate pass away. The University shouldve gotten behind it but oh well. Cool concept wether people like it or not. Had we gotten a pure true b******* and a 30 point win, people still wouldve said they hated it. Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Oh god. Here is an argument that will not win you any debate trophies: I know (unspecified quantity of anonymous people) who think X is "just wrong." Therefore, not X. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 "no more blackouts" thats what i promise myself every sunday morning after a night on O street 2 Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 As a black guy this offends me. 3 Quote Link to comment
Goal-line Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 True! Nebraska home game on TV and not seeing the sea of red “was just wrong. Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Lee Barfknecht commenting on "fashion statements" offends me.............. Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 We bitch about Clownahan and Bo taking away our traditions, and we take one of the most visible ones ourselves. I will be totally honest, it looked like sh#t. I really could care less what any body wears, but continuing the sea of red should seem important to every one. The more of these failed attempts we have for students that fail to fill their seats or even wear black at the game seems like trying to please the spoiled child at the party. We are Nebraska, Go Big Red, not sometimes Black. 2 Quote Link to comment
Branno Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 But it inspired the players to win the game! And 7 recruits verbally committed right after the game because it was so cool! No more red because it's what we wore in the B1G Championship embarrassment last year! Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 If Lee Barfknecht said it about Nebraska, I'm not sure it should be believed. Quote Link to comment
Chimalli Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 OMFG! Lee Barf has sharp critiques of a new fad, what a grumpy Gus. The blackkshirts worked for a half (whatever that is worth) plus don't we give away those things to the Defense? So is it really a strech to wear a color that the team uses? <Insert comment about attracting recruits> but kids do like the alternate duds so why not support the team? Last I checked we were the Nebraska Cornhuskers not the Nebraska Lee Barfs, somedays he should go for a long walk off a short pier before he publishes his thoughts. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 As a black guy this offends me. I thought you were Italian. Quote Link to comment
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